Q
Q
cute (loanword); (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel)
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Related words
- 卡哇伊kǎ wā yīcute
- 小鸟依人xiǎo niǎo yī rénlit. like a little bird relying on people (idiom)
- 丼dòng(Tw) bowl of boiled rice with other food on top (loanword from Japanese "donburi")
- 偏食piān shípartial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy)
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Q (Q) means "cute (loanword); (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc - foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel)" in Chinese.
Q is pronounced "Q" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is .
Q is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
Common words with Q include 阿Q (Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]), 巴比Q ((slang) BBQ), 阿Q正传 (The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]).
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Reviewed by RJ Murray, Founder, HSK Lord.